Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 20:59:05 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Bradley Dunn <dunn@harborcom.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Longer usernames? Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.93.960622205215.21923B-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <199606220832.EAA27010@ns2.harborcom.net>
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On Sat, 22 Jun 1996, Bradley Dunn wrote: > On 20 Jun 96 at 20:00, Tom Samplonius wrote: > > > > > > What do they do about NIS? Truncate the usernames? Bad bad > > > > > bad. > > > > > > > > BSDI 2.1 doesn't have NIS. > > > > Especially for a company that markets its product as an "Internet > Server". If you are going to base the major selling point of your > product on its networking functionality, NIS seems to me to be almost > a requirement. If you're a Sun shop. I rather use rdist than NIS. There is a need for something better than either solution though. LDAP/RFC1777? -mh
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